Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-06-17
UNIVERSITY FIELD DAY.
THE ANNUAL ATHLETIC SPORTS RE-
SUIT IN SPIRITED CONTESTS.
Large Crowd of Spectators Present-The
Athletes who Competed - Several
Records Lowered Some Interesting
Features of the Afternoon.

est and attendance it was one of the most
successful field days yet held in Bur
lington. All the conditions were peculiar
ly favorable. The temperature was mod
crate and a refreshing breeze prevailed
throughout the afternoon The grand
stand was crowded, the unusual number
of ladies present being particularly notice.
able, as was the number of our representa-
tive men, while the seats on the shady
bank were occupied by hundreds. The
attendance must have been at least 500
not counting the boys in the trees Just out
side of the enclosure or the man whose
plug hat was so rdicuously conspicu-
Gus just above the edge of the
fence The track and grounds were
in fair condition and while some of the
records were below those of last year most
of the events were of more than ordinary
interest from the fact that there were few
if any walk overs" There were few I'M
pleasant features incident to the sports
and the most surprising of these was the
lack of good breeding manifested by
small portion of the spectators who in
dulged in unseemly levity over the pecu-
liarity of one of the contestants, their
comment and laughter embarrassing him
20 that unmerted failure was the result.
In other respects the crowd was circum-
spect to degree and the few policemen
present were put to their wits end to keen
themselves busy. Fine selections of
music by the Sherman military band in
terspersed the contests and altogether the
afternoon was one of enjoyable interest
The officers of the association are as
follows: President, G. H. Joslin; vice
president, G. w. Roberts secretary, V.
y. Whitcomb; assistant secretary M d.
Dickinson treasurer, F. H. Goodwin;
directors, j. A. Macfie, j. NJ. Hackett, G..
L. Woodbury., d. f. Noodle, f. S. Isham
committee on prizes, Sam Sparhawk, E.
F. White w. H. Stone
The field officers were as follows:
Judges, Rev. e. f. Carter, Prof. n. f.
Merrill; Rev. E. P. Gould; starter, Will
liam Casey; timers, L. c. Grant, John
Thompson, W. B. Gibson, NJ. D.; meas
urers, j; A. Clapp, E. A. Brodie, Benja.
Throwing the hammer was contested
before the sports were interrupted Friday,
the best throw being by f. f. Dean med
lcal student, who scored So feet inches
The best U. V. NJ. record is ~ feet 2
inches, and the best intercollegiate record
95 feet II inches
STANDING BROAD JUMP.
The afternoons sport accordingly OPEN
ed shortly after O'Clock with the stand
ing broad jump in which the contestants
were A. B. Gilbert 's9, f. H. johnson med.
z. c. Huntington 'S9, A l.. johnson 'SS, H.
l.. Palmer med, c. A. Ferrin 80. Gill
bert, Palmer and A. L. johnson made the
final trial, Palmer scoring feet inches
and Gilbert feet 8 inches. The Uniyer-
sity record is 8 feet inches
HALF NILE RUN.
The starters in the half mile run were
w. r. Munson med, j. Macomber go, C.
H. Stevens $50. Stevens took the lead at
Star t nd ha11 = bo
Macomber made squirt, followed bv
Munson and passed Stevens Macomber
crossed with Munson well up while
Stevens was about Is feet in the rear
Macomber's time was 2:30 3-5, University
record 2:l2N and the Intercollegiate
300 5.
FAT MANS RACE.
One of the most enjoyable events was
the fat mans race. The contestants, both
of whom weighed 225 pounds being C.
w. Bartlett, med, w. ID. Nutter, med.
They started to walk in, but finally made
squirt, the distance 100 yards, being COW
cred by Bartlett who won in 81 seconds
with Nutter well up. Previous record
mislaid.
PUTTING SHOT.
The next event was putting the shot in
which the contestants were f. NJ. Button,
'S7, M. D. Dickinson, med, G. d. Emer-
son, med, S. L. Gates, 'sS, E. H. johnson,
med, +. II. Clapp, med. The contest was
won by Emerson who put the shot 81 feet
inches, +. H. johnson covering 81 feet
6% inches. University record 81 feet 81
inches Intercollegiate 40 feet y inches.
THE IOOYARDs DASH.
One of tine most exciting events was the
1OO-yards dash which was run in heats.
The starters in the first heat were c..
Woodbury., 'Ss, c. f. Ferrn, 80 G. l..
Wheelock, 'S7, p. C. Huntington, 80. The
runners kept well together, Woodbury.
and huntington crossing the line at the
same time in II Is.
In the second heat the contestants were
F. Billings, IT., 800, c. w: Buc khan, 80,
ID. f. Noodle, med, A. L. Johnson, 'SS'
johnson won first place in II Is. with
Buckham close second.
IN Inc maj heat the contestants were
Woodbury., Huntington, johnson and
Buckham. johnson was put hack three
leeI LOT making false start, but the race
was close one Woodbury. won in II l.5
ana Suckham was close second Uni
verslty record II seconds, intercollegiate
10.
THE POLE VAULTING.
In the pole vaulting contest the parti-
cipants were G. H. Joslin, med, and H.
ing feet, inches, the latter's record be-
ing feet, inches.
RUNNING HIGH JUMP.
The candidates in the running high
Jump were A. L. Johnson, 'ss, H. F.
Quimby, 's9, F. Billings, ir., 100. This
was a pretty contest and at the close
johnson and Quimby had each scored five
feet, breaking the University record
feet, IL inches, intercollegiate record 81
feet. 90
THREE LEGGED RACE.
The three legged race was contested by
p. G. Huntington and w. Fl. Stone 's9, and
f. H. johnson and d. f Noodle med. 1t
was won by the former two the time be-
ing 151 and the other two crossing the
line about feet behind. University rec
ord - seconds.
QUARTER NILE BICYCLE RACE.
In the quarter mile bicycle race the
starters were Sam Sparhawk 80, V. o.
WhitchOmb $50 and X w Wilh1r ,QO Snar